Today is Will Eisner’s 94th birthday! Why is it that we celebrate a persons birth even after death? Why not celebrate his death day? Or better yet, lets celebrate an important day in the persons […]
Viz Media’s Detroit Metal City is like nothing you’ve seen before. I remember when the first volume came out. I knew nothing of the book, but as a Heavy Metal fan myself, I was instantly […]
Less than 24 hours left before Frank Henenlotter and Anthony Sneed grace Forbidden Planet with their presence. Here’s a sneak peek at the limited edition Basket Case and Bad Biology shirts… Hope to see you […]
Famous Monsters of Filmland issue number 70 is the first of hopefully manny “missing issue” releases. This baby is a monster kid’s dream come true, perfectly reproducing the look, content and flavor of classic FM […]
Check out Fright-Rags‘ newest designs by one of my favorite local artists, Jeff Zornow. I am pleased to release two of our most sickest designs yet. Born out of the insane mind of Jeff Zornow, comes […]
This past Sunday I had the pleasure of being a guest on my favorite cult movie podcast, Junk Food Dinner! I know I’ve been talking about them a lot lately, but they’re great guys and […]
By Christopher Troy I’ll be honest, outside of the occasional Gundam related series or EVA revamp, there hasn’t been much anime that’s grabbed my interest as of late (Yen Press/Viz/Vertical still have me drawn to […]
By Loran So it looks like the BAKUC competition is going to be returning to America again. I gotta say, I’m pretty excited about this. I thought bringing the competition to America was going to […]
By Loran Holy crap I actually finished it! Yes, after lying for about six months, I finally got around to finishing my GM Cannon kitbash. As you can see, I decided to take a bit […]
My buddy Mark Freado over at Junk Food Dinner is now hosting a movie night in Bed-Stuy, along with Kevin Merryman, who also runs a radical blog called Cultural Atrocities. March 1st is a red letter […]
Been waiting for The Complete History Of Return Of The Living Dead to hit shelves since I heard about it at the last Monster Mania Convention I attended, which featured a pretty hefty amount of […]
When I first heard about Fantagraphics’ Destroy All Movies The Complete Guide To Punks On Film I immediately knew this book was for me. Being a “punk” myself and a huge cult film nerd how […]
In celebration of Media Blasters’ release of Frank Henenlotter’s Bad Biology on Blu-ray, Forbidden Planet is proud to present an in-store event of epic proportions. New York’s favorite exploitation horror director, Frank Henenlotter (Frankenhooker, Brain […]
This week’s manga selection is a great stroll through the various genres that are near and dear to the otaku’s heart. From the super awesome second Black Collector’s Edition of Death Note (which collects volumes […]
It’s Finally here! Rolfe Kanefsky’s Sci-Fi Horror sleaze-fest There’s Nothing Out There is now on DVD thanks to our good friends Troma. Why should you care? Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma crew invaded our sacred […]
By Loran Holy crap, a new Gundam article! Bandai’s kind of a fickle company. There are tons of designs we’ve wanted to see get HGUC kits for years-most of them are GMs, when you think […]
Last night I finally finished watching AMC’s The Walking Dead television show. I know I’m way behind, but I don’t have cable and was having a hard time getting to someone’s house, with cable, who […]
Tonight! Thursday February 17th at 8PM come out to Legion Bar for Big Fat Scary Thursdays. Every third Thursday of the month prepare for scares and laughs as Ben and Henry (and Ed) host/mock a […]
I feel like I really ought to stop opening my mouth, because 2 weeks ago I was sounding so hopeful for a flush of new releases, and then last week we had only five. This […]
Last Halloween, I sewed an Outpost 31 patch on my wintercoat and made believe that I was R.J. MacReady from John Carpenter’s 1982 sci-fi horror masterpiece The Thing. The other guy is my buddy, James, […]
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